New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)

after the first book, i was a little disappointed at the plot. i felt that it was the wrong (and preposterous) direction to take the series. i have since read the other two and feel they couldnt capture the magic of the first.

Some dull parts, but on and off excitement. The end kept me on the edge of my seat. I can't wait to go out and buy the last two books!

I don`t get why everyone i know is not impressesd by the amazing adventure and thirst for mmore you get from reading it. i know edward is not there a lot but still doesnt anyone actually like jacob in the beginning. i hope everyone enjoys this book as much as i did it is a must read!

These books are an addiction. I couldn't put them down. Once you start reading you become so involved with book that you actually feel you are living every moment with Edward Cullen and his family. Too bad there's only 4 books to the series they were worth every minute of my reading time.

Well, if you didn't figure that out the 1st 10 times that she whines about this, unless you get it by the 100th time, you're as dull as Bella. For this reader, Bella is downright annoying in this book: whiny, moping, determined to wallow in the loss of a relationship for 7 months as much as she is to hurt herself by her definition of "living on the edge," defiant without reason to Charlie. Emo? You bet. I wanted to slap her up the side of her head.

I loved Twilight & couldn't wait to read New Moon. But take my advice: skip the beginning & start reading around page 400. Before that, each sentence is torturously boring, with no plot to really speak of ... easily, it could have been written in 50 pages. So, maybe I exaggerate, but not by much. We have to suffer through pages and pages of Bella's angst, useless ruminations about her relationships with Edward & Jacob, and that darn hole in her chest.

Be prepared to also suffer Stephenie Meyer's prediliction to repeat ad nauseum the same theme, just to make sure the reader gets it. Bella has a hole in her heart. Jacob is sunny. The Cullens are stone hard and cold to the touch. Yeah, okay, we get it! At least Meyer's spares the reader from reminding us 47 times that Edward is like a Greek god, as she did in Twilight. Look, I understand that this a series for young adults (and I'm far beyond those years), but I really don't think young people are that dense ... Meyer's repetitions are almost an insult to her targeted audience.

And the Romeo & Juliet theme? Give me a break. I have no problem with writers who riff off classical literature. But to write an entire chapter ("Paris") to reiterate the story and relate it to Bella, Edward & Jacob is worthless. Was Meyers attempting to romanticize the fate of Romeo and Juliet? Yeah, a little, injecting the tragedy into Bella's and Edward's decisions & actions.

The endless plotting (or is it plodding?) in New Moon is so ponderous that it made me angry. As much as I loved Twilight, I was ready to give upon the saga if this was what Meyers had to offer after such a compelling start. And then I hit page 400 (or so). That's when the plot picks up & becomes interesting, turning a lot of blahblah-hole in my chest-blahblahblah into a page turner. The plot and action pops -- and as much as I was resistant, I'm looking forward to Eclipse. But please, Bella, GROW UP!!!